Summer Reading Books
Here are the titles that each grade will be reading this summer:
First going into Second Grade
- The Little Engine that Could (Watty Piper)
Second going into Third Grade
- My Father’s Dragon (Ruth Stiles Gannett)
Third going into Fourth Grade
- Robin Hood – Core Knowledge Abridgement (J. Walker McSpadden)
It is important that you purchase the correct edition of this book.
- Publisher: Core Knowledge Foundation; Abridged edition (October 2000)
- ISBN-10: 189051716X
- ISBN-13: 978-1890517168
This edition is available from several sources:
- Amazon – https://tinyurl.com/y7h9fdcn
- Core Knowledge Website – https://www.coreknowledge.org/product/robin-hood/
- Barnes & Noble – https://tinyurl.com/ya576wjh
If you purchase the book from APEF, it will be provided with your Summer Stay Sharp Packet from June 2-6. (Note: Previously, the assigned book was Robinson Crusoe, but this has been changed to Robin Hood.)
Fourth going into Fifth Grade
- Holes (Louis Sachar)
Fifth going into Sixth Grade
- The Cay (Theodore Taylor)
Sixth going into Seventh Grade
Choose one book from this list:
- The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
- Percy Jackson – any book from the series (Rick Riordan)
- The Hiding Place (Corrie Ten Boom)
- The Bronze Bow (Elizabeth George Speare)